Anaerobic growth of Corynebacterium glutamicum using nitrate as a terminal electron acceptor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 889-897

  Nishimura, Taku ^a   Vertès, Alain A ^a   Shinoda, Yoshifumi ^a   Inui, Masayuki ^a   Yukawa, Hideaki ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic growth; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Facultative anaerobe; narKGHJI operon; Nitrate nitrite; Respiratory nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NITRATES;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE; NARKGHJI OPERON; RESPIRATORY NITRATE REDUCTASE;

GROWTH KINETICS;

NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITRITE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; MUTATION; NITRATE; RESPIRATION;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547461685     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-0879-y     Document Type: Article

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